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Tax-Free Weekend Dates & Details for Back-to-School

While kids are still enjoying the carefree days of summer, some parents are already planning their back-to-school shopping strategies. According to the National Retail Federation, nearly 30 percent of parents plan to start their 2017 back-to-school shopping two months before the first day of class. For those shoppers residing in states offering tax-free days or weekends, starting early means saving even more on classroom essentials.

The annual August tax-relief holiday doesn't discriminate by age or income, but each state selects which back-to-school items are included. Happily, some allow consumers to use both online and printable coupons for their purchases and various larger merchants offer special sales geared to the event.

Here are the dates and some details for each participating state. Most only allow tax relief up to a set amount, such as $100 per item of clothing or $750 for computer equipment. Click on the links for complete details.

2017 Updates for Louisiana, Massachusetts & Georgia: Louisiana is offering a partial tax holiday in 2017, charging a 3% sales tax on “most items of tangible personal property.” Georgia and Massachusetts are not participating in the 2017 sales tax holiday.

Alabama - July 21-23 Includes clothing, school supplies, books, computers, software and computer supplies. Check this list for participating counties.

Maryland - Aug. 13-19 Includes clothing and footwear up to $100 each, but not such accessories as handbags, jewelry, etc. Click on the link above for a complete list of exempt and taxable items.

Mississippi - July 28-29Applies to clothing and footwear items priced at $100 or less, not including accessories or jewelry.

Missouri - Aug. 4-6Covers clothing and footwear (up to $100 each); computers and peripheral devices (up to $1,500); computer software (up to $350); and school supplies (up to $50 per purchase). Select cities and counties are not participating.

New Mexico - Aug. 4-6 Exempts school supplies (under $30 per unit) with specific price caps on specialty supplies including calculators and backpacks; computers (up to $1,000) and computer equipment (up to $500); clothing and footwear (up to $100 per item). Diapers and baby clothes also are included on the list.

Ohio - Aug 4-6Includes clothing (up to $75 per item) and school supplies and instructional materials (up to $20 per item).

Oklahoma - Aug. 4-6 Applies to clothing and footwear of less than $100 per item, excluding items for sports.

Tennessee - July 28-30 Applies to computers ($1,500 or less), clothing ($100 or less), and school and art supplies ($100 or less). Click on the link above for a complete list of exempt items.

Texas - Aug. 11-13 Only applies to clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced under $100.

Virginia - Aug. 4-6 Applies to school supplies ($20 or less per item) and certain clothing and footwear ($100 or less per item). Also applies to hurricane and emergency preparedness items ($60 to $1,000) and Energy Star and WaterSense items (up to $2,500) for personal and noncommercial use only.

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